Award winning musician Samuel Claiborne will be interviewed by Dr. Sally Witt today!
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His musical journey is both successful and, in many ways, miraculous given the fact that several years ago he suffered a tragic auto accident that left him quadriplegic. He had no idea whether or not he would ever recover the use of his limbs, but his faith in alternative healing modalities and his deep relationship with music helped him to regain use of all limbs.
Samuel Claiborne, founder of the Sonotrope recording label, has recently received a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts. The composer whose CD credits include Avant Garde duo Loons in the Monastery’s “Stranger Than Truth” and “The Annunciation” was awarded unrestricted funds in the amount of $7000 which he will use to compose more music.
His CD’s, which are experimental, represent a departure from his early rock/punk/reggae style where he was a member of several New York City bands, including The Wolves, The Poorboys, and the popular Things Fall Apart.
This new direction, according to music writer Clara Apted of Gnostic Listener” labels Claiborne “The Thelonious Monk of New Music”. Of his work, Chronogram Magazine writer Peter Aaron wrote: “anyone in need of a little universe-centering quietude will connect with Claiborne’s impressionistic, beautifully pensive playing.”
After a life-threatening accident that left him temporarily paralyzed, he came to a deeper understanding of the power of music as a force in his life as well as the lives of others. Said Aaron, “He certainly had no shortage of pain and spiritual trials from which to draw for the sparse, fathomless, and profoundly moving solo piano improvisations in “The Annunciation.”
“While I appreciate the money immensely, especially as a father with two kids in college, the affirmation that the NYFA grant has given me is absolutely priceless. All artists need to eat, but perhaps almost as much, we need to know that our art is touching people, resonating with them. This grant has told me that my work is indeed reaching people, and it gives me the strength to persevere as a both composer and performer,” said Claiborne who is also a published poet, essayist, visual artist, and photographer.
He is one of one hundred forty-four NYFA Fellows chosen from among over 4,500 applicants including architects, choreographers, composers, fiction writers, painters, photographers, playwrights/screenwriters and video artists. The Fellows were selected by peer panels, which were assembled according to each artistic discipline.
Past NYFA Fellows include Spike Lee, Tony Kushner, Julie Taymor, Carroll Dunham, Todd Haynes, Tamara Jenkins, David Hammons, Junot Diaz (author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao) and many others. Since 1985, over 3,700 New York artists have received NYFA Fellowships.
“Whether it’s Brooklyn, Manhattan or Queens, one thing is certain - New York is the place to be for all artists, emerging or mid-career,” said NYFA Executive Director Michael L. Royce. “New York is Warhol. New York is Spike Lee. New York is Gershwin.
For more information, visit www.sonotrope.com or call 845-687-4501.
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